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DiaporamaHow Big is the Idea
Bringing her fighting spirit to Stavanger to educate and inspire, university professor Bahia Shehab shows us how her art came to live on our streets with a message of resistance during the Egyptian revolution. “Art is wonderful, it inspires, but it does not push for action sometimes… If you really want change, which is what we need, at least in my part of the world, we need to do more than just art.” Translated to “How Big is The Idea”, Shehab’s mural in Stavanger is based on the third stanza of a poem by the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, which reads in full,
Bahia Shehab (1977 –)
Bahia Shehab is an Egyptian artist who masterfully blends Islamic calligraphy & street art to explore themes of Arab identity, feminism, and social change. Her impactful work gained prominence during the 2011 revolution.
Nuart Festival (Stavanger, Norway)
Discover Nuart Festival, Stavanger's vibrant street art celebration! Explore murals, stencils & contemporary urban art transforming the city into an open-air gallery since 2001.
About this artwork
- Title: How Big is the Idea
- Artist: Bahia Shehab
- Year: 2017
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Nuart Festival
- Main color: Espresso
- Color hue: Green to Violet Spectrum
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